other events + general event chat • Re: 2024 Econet LAN party: offsite Econets
It would be worth testing this all out before the big day, so we're not spending the whole day fault finding! Make sure people can see our file servers, and make sure we can see other peoples servers....
View Article8-bit acorn software: other • arg's ANFS Doc
Over here, arg posted the documentation issued with the experimental ANFS for the BBC that was circulated for testing ahead of the launch of the Master.I've had a go at extracting it from EDIT format...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: master 128 - 'runs' but no display
- master beep is a prologned then stops - do vsync/hsync play a part in determining how long this could be?The first sound is that of the sound chip with uninitialised data. It shuts up only once the...
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8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Mount PiTube in a Plus 1
By network I meant the proper stuff not the econet malarkey. Roland Leurs does Elk WiFi Is that still available? I thought the production run had ended.Statistics: Posted by Bitstik — Fri Apr 05, 2024...
View Articleacorn & bbc micro user group (abug) events • Re: ABUG Scotland #6 - Thu...
If you get REALLY desperate for an adventure game to play, you could try mine...JeremyOkay - we will load it up on one of the machines at the event and give it a spin!Statistics: Posted by Tosk — Fri...
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off-topic • Re: looking for smd resistor component
It worked !!! I used my camera as a microscope. I enabled the function magnify when zooming and set it the time to magnify to endless. it wasn't pretty but the endresult was functional. The zero omhs...
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programming • Re: Simple Word Wrap procedure
Hey both, thanks for the replies...I sussed it in the end (amungst other issues I discovered along the way) I was using CHR$8 to detect the backspace key being pressed....rather than 127 (getting...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: HOWTO: An alternative tripler for Microvitec CUB...
So, to summarise - have we arrived at the conclusion that there's no reliable / viable alternative for these triplers now? Once it dies should I just take the monitor down the skip?I was planning on...
View Article32-bit acorn hardware • Re: Help identifying extension
It's a "Remote 8-Bit I/O Expander for I2C-Bus" - A search of the part number PCF8574T will find lots of data for it.Dave H.Statistics: Posted by daveejhitchins — Sat Apr 06, 2024 7:23 pm
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introduce yourself • Re: Hello from Middlesbrough
Hi Paul,welcome to this great Forum... Greetings from my little Dutch Atomic Attic, Wim... Statistics: Posted by Multiwizard — Sat Apr 06, 2024 7:28 pm
View Articleprogramming • Re: C compiler
Flibble on here is using some gcc+? (probably cc65 again) C cross-compiler to write a Final Fantasy like game in C.I'm using the Itzor branch of gcc (not cc65) that cmorley mentioned above, I wrote...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Acorn BBC Micro USB-C power adaptor Install
I put one of these in my Beeb a week or two ago. I was getting very strange results when using a "USB C Plug, Anker 20W USB C Charger". I went back to an old Apple 2.4A one and it's been working...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Distorted display via RGB
Is your CMOS battery OK? My master did that unless I R reset until I changed the battery.Statistics: Posted by growntree — Sat Apr 06, 2024 9:16 pm
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8-bit acorn software: other • Re: Restoring ROM character data after VDU 23
It looks as though "FX20,0 might be the answer. Within certain limits and assumptions.On a BBC B, space is initially allocated for 32 User Defined Characters. *FX20,0 will reset all of these.This is...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • both Floppy disk failed
Hello, I have two single sided 80 track Cumana Floppy drives connected to my BBC Micro that used to work perfectly well till a few month ago.One day, disk0 refused to load the programs that it had...
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introduce yourself • Re: Another hello from Surrey
Welcome, I see you found your way from Twitter to Stardot, which is an excellent first step I've been "browsing" through your Electron stuff, very impressive - flicker free Meteors is awesome...
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other events + general event chat • Re: 2024 Econet LAN party: offsite Econets
It's on my server . *I AM ELITEIs that a special version of Elite (or modified), I copied the version across to my network and it hangs at the loader? I assumed it wrote over memory for the network...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: both Floppy disk failed
The 1.2MB drive won't work unless you mess around with the jumpers to tell it to spin slower and probably default to non-HD mode.If you move the head from track zero physically and then catalogue the...
View Articlecommunications • Re: the Night Owl BBS**UP**
Night Owl is up after some maintenance and mishaps earlier today ..All new users welcome. If you send the sysop anemail (which everyone is able to) I can allow full mailprivileges for you if you are...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Vine Micros Mk 2 Replay - how does it work?
Yes will do. Do you want me to pm.you when doneAny progress on this?Statistics: Posted by Pernod — Sun Apr 07, 2024 8:43 pm
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